Senate debates Questions without Notice

Education


Murray Watt

Murray Watt Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

2:22 pm

As I said, we respect the choice of families as to the appropriate schooling environment for their children. That's why we're providing funding for both state and non-secular schooling environments. Some of the things we have delivered in this budget are $270.8 million over two years for the Schools Upgrade Fund, $56.2 million for bursaries to attract more high achievers into teaching, $68.3 million to expand the High Achieving Teachers program, $27.6 million for other measures to tackle teacher shortages and better prepare student teachers for the classroom—

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